If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. ✨ Francis …

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If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. ✨ Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1821). A critique of Bacon's Novum Organum, by Basil Montagu, extracted from the Retrospective Review, 1821. Few MS. notes, p.285
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If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics. ✨ Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1821). A critique of Bacon's Novum Organum, by Basil Montagu, extracted from the Retrospective Review, 1821. Few MS. notes, p.285

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